1. Ok, so here’s the skinny: Designed by Hermes in collaboration with jeweler and shoe designer Pierre Hardy, this Hermes Kelly is made out of solid rose gold dotted with a total of 1160 diamonds. The bag (bag-bracelet?) can be carried conventionally or worn with the handles around the wrist as a sort of bangle. After a few minutes of imagining, I guess I can see how the body of the “bag” might hang from the wrist without looking too awkward.
This isn’t just a piece of jewelry, though. Hardy molded the rose gold to look like crocodile leather, and the flap closure actually works, although the bag is too small to hold even a pair of sunglasses. Total manufacturing time on the pieces (yes, there are four styles that will be made three times each, for a total of 12 bags, according to the Financial Times) was two years.
This bag if you can get your hands on one will set you back $2million USD.
2. In June a Birkin bag broke records and became one of the most expensive handbags in the world. The rare Himalayan crocodile Birkin with white gold detailing and 245 diamonds was bought for $300,168 (£208,175) by an anonymous buyer at a Christie’s auction in Hong Kong.Jun 3, 2016
Hermes Kelly Rose Gold Crocodile bag
The attention to detail is staggering
Spectacular
Mind blowing details
The Birkin bag that broke records earlier this year
